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DIGITAL CINEMA @ Berlinale 2012 on 50 screens in the City 4i332v
The number of films screened in D (Digital Cinema Package) formats has risen significantly since last year’s Festival - especially at the European Film Market. The Berlinale 2012 presented a total of 659 screenings in D formats, as well as 627 in 35mm film and some 1,100 in diverse video formats. For festivals worldwide – and the Berlinale in particular with its enormous programme - this development poses substantial technical, logistical and financial challenges. ...
Record Participation and a Flurry of Business at the European Film Market 2012 5z3al
The European Film Market 2012 (EFM), which took place from February 9-17 during the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, had its strongest year to date and was marked by a bustling atmosphere at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel. This year, close to 8,000 participants from 100 countries attended the international trade fair for film and audiovisual content, a 15% increase to the previous year. In addition to the high volume of participants, Exhibitors reported numer...
Interview with EFM's Beki Probst 1l382z
Beki Probst is the head of the EFM, European Film Market, for Berlinale since 1988. Before this position, she worked for the Berlinale as the film festival’s delegate for Turkey and Greece for seven years. Beki was born in Istanbul, Turkey where as a student she studied law and journalism and wrote for Turkish newspapers ‘Tercuman’ and ‘Hayat’. It was when she moved in Switzerland in 1960 that her career in cinema began where she managed the Probst-Kinobetriebe. ...
Controversial Persian film package is follow up to Berlin 62 3302g
by Alex Deleon On the heels of the 2012 Berlinale, forming a kind of coda to the busy week preceding, four unusual pictures from Iran were presented in this extra special Persian package, one each evening starting Sunday, at the Babylon Theater in Rosa Luxemburg Square. The Babylon located just west of Alexander Platz in what used to be Communist East Berlin, is one of the oldest movie theaters in Berlin and is now a protected architectural monument. It is also one of the regular Be...
Non-Bollywood Indian Film, "PRASAD" Preemed at Market in Berlin 212e4
by Alex Deleon-Sinha Although little known ourtside of the Indian Sub-Continent itself there are several so-called "regional" film industries in India each of which produces as many or more feature films a year in the regional languages as are produced in the Hindi mainstream industry of Bombay (Whence the brand name known to the world as "Bolly-wood"). Of course, Bombay has now been officially rechristened Mumbai, but this doesn't change anything cinematically ...
Camela Galano, former President of New Line International and Warner Bros. Acquisitions, launches new sales company 2r1p4k
Slate Includes OPEN GRAVE from Atlas Independent and Academy Award ® Winner Julian Fellowes' ROMEO AND JULIET Camela Galano, the former President of New Line International and Warner Bros. International Film Acquisitions, announced today the formation of her new international sales company Speranza13 Media. The new company, which specializes in international sales and financing launches with a slate including: Atlas Independent's OPEN GRAVE, directed by visionar...
Glamour, bears and stars at Berlinale 62 1h4720
International Jury Glamour, bears and great stars [...] International Short Film Jury The Bears in the Shorts section [...] Generation Crystal Bears for the best children's and youth films [...] Independent Juries Awards from audience, industry and film critics [...] Best First Feature Award © Daniël Bouquet The most important award fo...
Berlinale gallery: february 17, 2012 393j6c
Christoph Terhechte, Sacha Polak Silvina Landsmann Emin Alper Robert Pattinson Onlooker Christina Ricci Holliday Grainger Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod Christina Ricci, Robert Pattinson Holliday Grainger Robert Pattinson ...
Berlinale gallery: winners parade february 18, 2012 13371
Przemyslaw Wojcieszek Marten Persiel and the jury Mani Haghighi Atsushi Wada João Salaviza Boudewijn Koole, Rick Lens Ursula Meier Miguel Gomes Nikolai Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg Zhang Xiaoke, Anne Fleck Mikkel Boe Følsgaard ...
Prizes ar Berlin were very democratic 5nh
by Alex Deleon Friday February 19, 2012 Berlin is known above all for its political and social commitment, or what the French Existentialists would call a Festival "Engagé". Esthetic purists sometimes question the Berlin prize decisions on artistic grounds but art is often of secondary importance in this ballpark where politics can also have to do with the pecking order in the upper echelons of the international film establishment. Clearly the film with the most ob...
Berlinale prizes a4w21
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY GOLDEN BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM Cesare deve morire Caesar Must Die by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani JURY GRAND PRIX-SILVER BEAR Csak a szél Just The Wind by Bence Fliegauf SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR Christian Petzold for Barbara (Barbara) ...
Berlinale 2012: Crystal Bears and Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Awards in Generation Kplus 3o245x
of the Children's Jury Generation Kplus Kimia Godarzani-Bakhtiari Rosa Münchmeyer Anne Marie Dominik Fittje Nikita Neitzke Justin Braun Fion Mutert Victor Neumeister Lale Öztoprak Anna Luisa Cruz Pia Jacqueline Heß Simon Kajdi give the following awards: Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: ARCADIA by Olivia Silver, USA 2011 A family realises that it cannot just run away fr...
Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Marten Persiel's This Ain't California Wins the "Dialogue en perspective" Prize 2u3k16
Today, during the award ceremony of the Independent Juries of the 62nd Berlinale, the young French-German-Slovak jury awarded the "Dialogue en perspective" prize. This year the prize goes to Marten Persiel's film This Ain't California. The award was initiated in 2004 by the German-French Youth Office (DFJW), an official Berlinale partner, in association with the Berlin International Film Festival. The young jury that decided who would receive the "Dialo...
Berlinale 2012: Panorama Audience Awards go to Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present and Parada 1r162r
The audience has cast its votes: the 14th Panorama Audience Award, which is presented in collaboration with radioeins of rbb (Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station), Berlin’s city magazine tip and the Berlinale’s Panorama section, goes to Parada for the best feature film. For the best documentary film, Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present came out on top, receiving more votes than its competitors. The official award ceremony will be held on ...
26th TEDDY AWARD 2012 – The Winners 2a281d
The nine of the international jury – organisers of queer and other film festivals – view films within the framework of all programs of the Berlinale which have queer context. Three films are nominated for each category and one receives a TEDDY AWARD for best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. Die neun Mitglieder der internationalen Jury – Organisatoren queerer und anderer Filmfestivals – sichten Filme aus allen Sektionen der Berlinale mit queere...
Belinale gallery: february 15, 2012 6yx6l
Premiere Ladya Cheryl, Edwin Jiri Thomas Hailer, Álex de la Iglesia Carolina Bang Salma Hayek Carolina Bang Steven Soderbergh, Michael Fassbender, Gina Carano, Antonio Banderas Antonio Banderas Michael Fassbender Antonio Banderas Li...
Berlinale gallery: february 16, 2012 5522f
Thomas Heise, Bernd Buder Fujiwara Toshi, Kato Takanobu Harada Miho, Fujinami Kokoro Kimura Shoko Kimura Shoko Volksbühne Javier Bardem, Álvaro Longoria Javier Bardem, Dieter Kosslick Dieter Kosslick, Álvaro Longoria, Lilly Hartley, Javier Bardem Javier Bardem ...
Berlinale 2012: Crystal Bears in the Generation 14plus i1m2t
The of the Youth Jury in the Generation 14plus Klara Kruse Rosset Gülcan Çil Solveig Lethen Jarnail Fang Yu Singh Sekhon Sami Yacob Nico Palesch Lino Steinwärder give the following awards: Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: Lal Gece by Reis Çelik, Turkey 2011 We were deeply touched by he brilliant actors in this year's winning film. They let us take part in the feelings of t...
Will A German Film Grab a Bear? 2j1865
by Alex Deleon Winter Twilight in Arctic Hammerfest as German Guest Worker visits scene of wife’s Hit-and-Run accident in “Gnade” On Day Number 8 some German papers are touting the possibility of a German Golden bear. In a not overly compelling competition selection there have been several notable German entries. "Barbara" starr...
Berlinale Talent Campus anniversary edition comes to a successful close 133w44
Christoph Fleischmann wins the Score Competition On Thursday evening, February 16, the tenth edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus came to a successful close with the Score Competition award ceremony at the Hebbel am Ufer theatre. Over the course of six days full of events, 350 young filmmakers from 99 countries connected with each other and with 150 internationally renowned experts under this year’s motto “Changing Perspectives”. International icons of cinema such as Victor Kossakovsky...
The Berlinale Midway: 250,000 Tickets Sold and a Thriving European Film Market 6q5g56
A splendid opening of the Berlinale’s new venue at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele on Schaperstraße, a decisive increase in participants and films at the European Film Market, and more than 250,000 tickets already sold – these are the midway results of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. “The audience is pouring into cinemas and celebrating world stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Angelina Jolie, Isabelle Huppert and Christian Bale. People love the Berlinale – no matter how cold ...
Berlinale gallery: february 14, 2012 2y1y4e
Break Ina Holmqvist, Michael Krotkiewski with Sally, Emelie Wallgren Mustafa Karaboyun Rosmeri Segundo, Daniela Seggiaro Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch Bernd Lange, Hans-Christian Schmid, Corinna Harfouch Lars Erdinger Bernd Lange Lars Erdinger Patton Oswalt ...
Berlinale gallery: february 13, 2012 6g4w24
Léa Seydoux, Ursula Meier, Kacey Mottet Klein Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein Léa Seydoux Léa Seydoux, Ursula Meier, Kacey Mottet Klein Andie McDowell Riz Ahmed Ray Stevenson, John Hurt, Katherine LaNasa, Billy Bob Thornton John Hurt , Katherine LaNasa Anke Engelke John Hurt, ...
Meryl Streep wins heart and minds on Valentines Day in Berlin 424h26
by Alex Deleon With the Fest at Midpoint Two American Iron Ladies have dominated the scene thus far, Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep. For the first four days it was all about Angela, her hard hitting Bosnian genocide film, and her hectic personal life. On Valentines Day, Feb. 14, which comes exactly in the middle of the festival, it was Meryl Streep Day, who arrived to pick up a Berlin Bear Lifetime award and held forth before an enthralled overflow press conference audience. Jolie, 36, ...
European SHOOTING STARS shine bright at Berlinale 2012 45542d
Ten of the most promising young actors in Europe have been chosen by a high-profile jury of film industry professionals to be SHOOTING STARS of 2012. They have all concluded a whirlwind weekend of events at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival including photo-sessions, meetings with casting directors and filmmakers, a workshop with international agents and a press conference, all culminating in a glittering award ceremony this Monday night. SHOOTING STARS jury member and...
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